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From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) : [ gazetteer ]


  Pink, OK (town, FIPS 59150)
    Location: 35.23208 N, 97.10677 W
    Population (1990): 1020 (377 housing units)
    Area: 67.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Pink \Pink\, n. [D. pink.] (Naut.)
     A vessel with a very narrow stern; -- called also pinky.
     --Sir W. Scott.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Pink stern (Naut.), a narrow stern.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Pink \Pink\, v. i. [D. pinken, pinkoogen, to blink, twinkle with
     the eyes.]
     To wink; to blink. [Obs.] --L'Estrange.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Pink \Pink\, a.
     Half-shut; winking. [Obs.] --Shak.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Pink \Pink\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pinked; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Pinking.] [OE. pinken to prick, probably a nasalized form
     of pick.]
     1. To pierce with small holes; to cut the edge of, as cloth
        or paper, in small scallops or angles.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To stab; to pierce as with a sword. --Addison.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To choose; to cull; to pick out. [Obs.] --Herbert.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Pink \Pink\, n.
     A stab. --Grose.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Pink \Pink\, n. [Perh. akin to pick; as if the edges of the
     petals were picked out. Cf. Pink, v. t.]
     1. (Bot.) A name given to several plants of the
        caryophyllaceous genus Dianthus, and to their flowers,
        which are sometimes very fragrant and often double in
        cultivated varieties. The species are mostly perennial
        herbs, with opposite linear leaves, and handsome
        five-petaled flowers with a tubular calyx.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. A color resulting from the combination of a pure vivid red
        with more or less white; -- so called from the common
        color of the flower. --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Anything supremely excellent; the embodiment or perfection
        of something. ``The very pink of courtesy.'' --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. (Zo["o]l.) The European minnow; -- so called from the
        color of its abdomen in summer. [Prov. Eng.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Bunch pink is Dianthus barbatus.
  
     China pink, or Indian pink. See under China.
  
     Clove pink is Dianthus Caryophyllus, the stock from which
        carnations are derived.
  
     Garden pink. See Pheasant's eye.
  
     Meadow pink is applied to Dianthus deltoides; also, to
        the ragged robin.
  
     Maiden pink, Dianthus deltoides.
  
     Moss pink. See under Moss.
  
     Pink needle, the pin grass; -- so called from the long,
        tapering points of the carpels. See Alfilaria.
  
     Sea pink. See Thrift.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Pink \Pink\, a.
     Resembling the garden pink in color; of the color called pink
     (see 6th Pink, 2); as, a pink dress; pink ribbons.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Pink eye (Med.), a popular name for an epidemic variety of
        ophthalmia, associated with early and marked redness of
        the eyeball.
  
     Pink salt (Chem. & Dyeing), the double chlorides of
        (stannic) tin and ammonium, formerly much used as a
        mordant for madder and cochineal.
  
     Pink saucer, a small saucer, the inner surface of which is
        covered with a pink pigment.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Pink \Pink\, n. [D. pink.] (Naut.)
     A vessel with a very narrow stern; -- called also pinky.
     --Sir W. Scott.
  
     Pink stern (Naut.), a narrow stern.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Pink \Pink\, v. i. [D. pinken, pinkoogen, to blink, twinkle with
     the eyes.]
     To wink; to blink. [Obs.] --L'Estrange.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Pink \Pink\, a.
     Half-shut; winking. [Obs.] --Shak.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Pink \Pink\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pinked; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Pinking.] [OE. pinken to prick, probably a nasalized form
     of pick.]
     1. To pierce with small holes; to cut the edge of, as cloth
        or paper, in small scallops or angles.
  
     2. To stab; to pierce as with a sword. --Addison.
  
     3. To choose; to cull; to pick out. [Obs.] --Herbert.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Pink \Pink\, n.
     A stab. --Grose.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Pink \Pink\, n. [Perh. akin to pick; as if the edges of the
     petals were picked out. Cf. Pink, v. t.]
     1. (Bot.) A name given to several plants of the
        caryophyllaceous genus Dianthus, and to their flowers,
        which are sometimes very fragrant and often double in
        cultivated varieties. The species are mostly perennial
        herbs, with opposite linear leaves, and handsome
        five-petaled flowers with a tubular calyx.
  
     2. A color resulting from the combination of a pure vivid red
        with more or less white; -- so called from the common
        color of the flower. --Dryden.
  
     3. Anything supremely excellent; the embodiment or perfection
        of something. ``The very pink of courtesy.'' --Shak.
  
     4. (Zo["o]l.) The European minnow; -- so called from the
        color of its abdomen in summer. [Prov. Eng.]
  
     Bunch pink is Dianthus barbatus.
  
     China, or Indian, pink. See under China.
  
     Clove pink is Dianthus Caryophyllus, the stock from which
        carnations are derived.
  
     Garden pink. See Pheasant's eye.
  
     Meadow pink is applied to Dianthus deltoides; also, to
        the ragged robin.
  
     Maiden pink, Dianthus deltoides.
  
     Moss pink. See under Moss.
  
     Pink needle, the pin grass; -- so called from the long,
        tapering points of the carpels. See Alfilaria.
  
     Sea pink. See Thrift.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Pink \Pink\, a.
     Resembling the garden pink in color; of the color called pink
     (see 6th Pink, 2); as, a pink dress; pink ribbons.
  
     Pink eye (Med.), a popular name for an epidemic variety of
        ophthalmia, associated with early and marked redness of
        the eyeball.
  
     Pink salt (Chem. & Dyeing), the double chlorides of
        (stannic) tin and ammonium, formerly much used as a
        mordant for madder and cochineal.
  
     Pink saucer, a small saucer, the inner surface of which is
        covered with a pink pigment.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  pink
       adj : of a light shade of red [syn: pinkish]
       n 1: a light shade of red
       2: any of various flowers of plants of the genus Dianthus
          cultivated for their fragrant flowers [syn: garden pink]
       v 1: make light, repeated taps on a surface; "he was tapping his
            fingers on the table impatiently" [syn: tap, rap, knock]
       2: sound like a car engine that is firing too early; "the car
          pinged when I put in low-octane gasoline"; "The car pinked
          when the ignition was too far retarded" [syn: ping, knock]
       3: cut in a zig-zag pattern with pinking shears, in sewing

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  pink
     Ολλανδικά n.
     1 το μικρό δαχτυλάκι του χεριού
     2 μοσχαράκι ενός χρόνου
     3 (''ιστορικό'') τύπος πλοίου του 15ου αιώνα

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  pink
     Chuukese a.
     pink coloured
     Dutch n.
     pinkie (gloss: little finger)
     Dutch n.
     one-year-old calf, a bovine yearling
     Dutch n.
     a #English (gloss: historic coastal fishing boat with one mast, often
  landed on beaches)
     German a.
     coloured in a strong shade of #English

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Pink
     n.
     (surname: en).
     n.
     (lb en slang derogatory dated) An operative of the (w: Pinkerton
  National Detective Agency).
     Saterland Frisian n.
     little finger

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  pink
     a.
     1 Having a colour between red and white; pale red.
     2 Of a fox-hunter's jacket: scarlet.
     3 Having conjunctivitis.
     4 (lb en obsolete) By comparison to ''red'' (communist), describing
  someone who sympathizes with the ideals of communism without actually
  being a Russian-style communist: a pinko.
     5 (lb en informal) Relating to women or girls.
     6 (lb en informal) Relating to homosexuals as a group within society.
     n.
     1 (senseid en color)(lb en color) A colour between red and white;
  pale red. (from 17th c.)
     2 Any of various flowers of that colour in the genus ''Dianthus'',
  sometimes called carnations. (from 16th c.)
     3 (lb en dated) A perfect example; excellence, perfection; the
  embodiment (m en of) some quality. (from 16th c.)
     4 hunting pink; scarlet, as worn by hunters. (from 18th c.)
     vb.
     1 (lb en intransitive) To become pink in color, to redden.
     2 (lb en transitive) To turn (something) pink.
     n.
     1 (lb en regional) The common minnow, ''Phoxinus phoxinus''. (from
  15th c.)
     2 (lb en regional) A young Atlantic salmon, ''Salmo salar'', before
  it becomes a smolt; a parr. (from 17th c.)
     n.
     (lb en now obsolete) A narrow boat. (from 15th c.)
     n.
     1 (lb en obsolete) A small hole made by puncture something, as with a
  rapier, dagger, or pinking iron.
     2 # (lb en obsolete) A small hole or puncture made by a sharp,
  slender instrument such as a rapier, poniard or dagger, or (by
  extension) a bullet; a stab.
     vb.
     1 To decorate a piece of clothing or fabric by adding holes or by
  scalloping the fringe.
     2 To prick with a sword.
     3 To wound by irony, criticism, or ridicule.
     vb.
     1 Of a motor car, to emit a high "pinking" noise, usually
  as a result of ill-set ignition timing for the fuel used (in a spark
  ignition engine).
     2 Of a musical instrument, to sound a very high-pitched, short note.
     a.
     (lb en obsolete) Half-shut; winking.
     vb.
     (lb en obsolete) To wink; to blink.
     n.
     (lb en historical) Any of various (l en lake#Etymology 4) pigments or
  dyes in yellow, yellowish green, or brown shades made with plant
  coloring and a metallic oxide base.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  Pink
     n.
     (surname: en).
     n.
     (lb en slang derogatory dated) An operative of the (w: Pinkerton
  National Detective Agency).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  pink
     Dutch n.
     pinkie (gloss: little finger)
     Dutch n.
     one-year-old calf, a bovine yearling
     Dutch n.
     a #English (gloss: historic coastal fishing boat with one mast, often
  landed on beaches)
     Estonian n.
     bench
     Swedish n.
     n (lb sv slang) pee

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Pink
     n.
     (surname: en).
     n.
     (lb en slang derogatory dated) An operative of the (w: Pinkerton
  National Detective Agency).
     Saterland Frisian n.
     little finger

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  pink
     Dutch n.
     pinkie (gloss: little finger)
     Dutch n.
     one-year-old calf, a bovine yearling
     Dutch n.
     a #English (gloss: historic coastal fishing boat with one mast, often
  landed on beaches)
     Estonian n.
     bench
     Swedish n.
     n (lb sv slang) pee

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Pink
     n.
     (surname: en).
     n.
     (lb en slang derogatory dated) An operative of the (w: Pinkerton
  National Detective Agency).
     Saterland Frisian n.
     little finger

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  pink
     Hollanti n.
     pikkusormi (+luokka nl ruumiinosa)
     Saksa a.
     vaaleanpunainen (+luokka de väri)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Pink
     Saksa n.
     vaaleapunainen väri, pinkki väri (+luokka de väri aak=pink)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  pink
     Frisiska n.
     (tagg kat=anatomi språk=fy) lillfinger

From German - English Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:deu-eng ]


  pink /pˈɪŋk/ 
  hot pink , shocking pink 
     Synonym: pinkfarben

From Deutsch-français FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-fra ]


  pink /pɪŋk/ 
  rose
  von einem intensiven, grellen rosa Farbton; die Farbe eines kräftigen, grellen Rosas habend

From Deutsch-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-ind ]


  pink /pɪŋk/ 
  merah muda
  von einem intensiven, grellen rosa Farbton; die Farbe eines kräftigen, grellen Rosas habend

From Deutsch-Русский FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-rus ]


  pink /pɪŋk/ 
  розовый
  von einem intensiven, grellen rosa Farbton; die Farbe eines kräftigen, grellen Rosas habend

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  pink /pˈɪŋk/
  1. angelier
  2. ligroos, pienk

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Pink /pˈɪŋk/
  الوردي

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  pink //pɪŋk// /[pʰɪŋk]/ 
  ро́зов, розов
  colored/coloured between red and white

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  pink //pɪŋk// /[pʰɪŋk]/ 
  1. карамфил
  flower
  2. ро́зов цвят
  pale red colour